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The tale of a modern animal plague: tracing the evolutionary history and determining the time-scale for foot and mouth disease virus.
Virology - 20 Dec 2008
Tully Damien C, Fares Mario A
Abstract excerpt
Despite significant advances made in the understanding of its epidemiology, foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) is among the most unexpected agricultural devastating plagues. While the disease manifests itself as seven immunologically distinct strains their origin, population dynamics, migration patterns and divergence times remain unknown. Herein we have assembled a comprehensive data set of gene sequences...
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